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APRIL 2012
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1-Sorry Charlie Day- April Fools Day-Poetry and the Creative Mind Day- Reading is Funny- One Cent Day- Palm Sunday	2-Autism Awareness Day- Int'l Children's Book Day- Hans Christian Andersen Bday	3 - Tweed Day - Pony Express Day- World Party Day- Washington Irving Bday- Find a Rainbow Day-Nat'l Chocolate Mousse Day	4 - Nat'l Day of Hope- Children's Day (Taiwan)- Maya Angelou Bday-MLK Assassination - NATO Estab.- Walk Around Things Day	5- Nat'l D.A.R.E. Day- Booker T. Washington Bday- Nat'l Read a Road Map Day	6- Army Day- Good Friday- Passover (6-14)- Tartan Day- Jump Over Things Day	7- No Housework Day- World Health Day- Metric System Anniv.- Tangible Karma Day
8- Easter- Buddha Day- Ponce de Leon Day- Zoo Lovers Day	9 - Easter Monday- Name Yourself Day- Winston Churchill Bday- Jenkins Ear Day- Cherish an Antique Day- Appomattox Day	10 – Safety Pin Day- Equal Pay Day- Nat'l Farm Animals Day- Nat'l Library Workers Day- Salvation Army Founder's Day	11- Barbershop Quartet Day- Nat'l Pet Day- Jackie Robinson Day- World Parkinson's Disease Day	12-D.E.A.R. Drop Everything and Read Day- Beverly Cleary Bday- Walk on the Wild Side Day- Big Wind Day	13- Thomas Jefferson Bday- Scrabble Day	14- Children with Alopecia Day- Dictionary Day-Titantic Struck the Iceberg Anniver.
15 - Income Tax Pay Day (observered 4/16 this year)- McDonald's Day-Leonardo Da Vinci Bday- Take a Wild Guess Day	16- Wilbur Wright's Bday- U.S. Income Tax Filing Deadline	17-Bat Appreciation Day -Nat'l Haiku Poetry Day- Nat'l Stress Awareness Day-Ford Mustang Day	18- Paul Revere Day- Nat'l Wear Your Pajama's to Work Day- Pet Owner's Day	19- Humorous Day- Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day- Yom HaShoah- High Five Day	20- Husband Appreciation Day- Cuckoo Day- National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day	21 - Kindergarten Day- National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day- Nat'l Teach Your Children to Save Day- Webster Dictionary Published
22- Earth Day- "In God We Trust" Day- Nat'l Jelly Bean Day- Girl Scout Leaders Day	23 - James Buchanan Bday- Homerun Day-Wm Shakespeare Bday- Movie Theatre Day- World Book and Copyright Day	24- Pigs in a Blanket Day- Library of Congress Day	25- Administrative Professionals Day- Red Hat Society Day- Hug a Plumber Day	26 - Hug a Friend Day- Audubon Day- Take Your Daughters to Work Day-Richter Scale Day- Poem in Your Pocket Day	27- Ulysses S. Grant Bday- Nat'l Arbor Day- Tell a Story Day- Babe Ruth Day- Morse Code Day	28- Maryland Statehood- James Monroe Bday- Penguin Day- Poetry Reading Day- Sense of Smell Day- World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
29- Zipper Day-Nat'l Dance Day-Pinhole Photography Day	30- Louisiana Statehood- National Honesty Day- World Healing Day

Weekly Observances

Golden RuleWeek: 1-7
Holy Week: 1-7
International Pooper-Scooper Week: 1-7
Laugh at Work Week: 1-7
National Blue Ribbon Week: 1-7 (First Full Week) (Child Abuse)
National Public Health Week: 1-7
National Week of the Ocean: 1-7
National Window Safety Week: 1-7
Medication Safety Week: 1-7
Explore Your Career Options: 2-7
The Masters Tournament: 2-8
Passover Week: evening of April 6 to the evening of April 14
Bat Appreciation Week: 8-14 (2nd Full Week)
National Library Week: 8-14
National Networking Week: 8-14
Orthodox Holy Week: 8-14
Pan American Week: 8-14
National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week: 23-27
Consider Christianity Week: 8-14
Health Information Privacy and Security Week: 10-16
National Animal Control Appreciation Week: 10-16
National Park Week: 14-22
Coin Week: 15-21
Fibroid Awareness Week: 15-21 (Always 3rd Week)
National Environmental Education Week: 15-21
National Karaoke Week: 15-21
National Volunteer Week: 15-21
National Pet ID Week: 15-21(Always 3rd Week)
National Paperboard Packaging Week: 16-20
Cleaning For A Reason Week: 18-23
Consumer Awareness Week: 18-23
International Whistlers Week: 18-22
Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week: 18-23
Kentucky Derby Week: 19-5/4
National Dance Week: 20-29
National & Global Youth Service Days: 20-22
Money Smart Week: 21-28
Administrative Professionals Week: 22-28
National Crime Victims Rights Week: 22-28
National Playground Safety Week: 22-28
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week: 22-28
Preservation Week: 22-29
Sky Awareness Week: 22-28
Week of The Young Child: 22-28
(Spring) Astronomy Week: 23-29
Safe Kids Week: 23-28
National Scoop The Poop Week: 24-30
Fiddler's Frolic: 26-29
Gathering of the Nations PowWow: 26-28
National Dream Hotline: 27-29
National Pie Championships: 27-29

Monthly Observances

Atlanta Food & Wine Month
ASPCA Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Amateur Radio Month
Autism Awareness Month
Brussels Sprouts and Cabbage Month
Cancer Control Month
Car Care Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Child Abuse Prevention Month
(International) Cesarean Awareness Month
Confederate History Month
Couple Appreciation Month
Cranberries and Gooseberries Month
Defeat Diabetes Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Fair Housing Month
Financial Literacy Month
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month
Frog Month
Global Child Nutrition Month
Grange Month
Grilled Cheese Month
Holy Humor Month
Home Improvement Time (April-Sept.30)
Honor Society Awareness Month (Different Sponsor Than March)
Informed Women Month
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Guitar Month
International Twit Award Month
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful
Month of the Young Child
Month of the Military Child
National African American Women's Fitness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Decorating Month
National DNA & Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month
National Donate Life Month
National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month
National Garden Month
National Humor Month
National Kite Month
National Knuckles Down Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Parkinson's Awareness Month
National Pecan Month
National Pet Month
National Poetry Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
Pet First Aid Awareness Month
Physical Wellness Month
Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
School Library Media Month
Soy Foods Month
Straw Hat Month
Stress Awareness Month
Tomatillo and Asian Pear Month
Women's Eye Health & Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month

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